Cologne Cathedral
by Fran Riley
Title
Cologne Cathedral
Artist
Fran Riley
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Photograph - Digital Photo
Description
A world heritage site, the Cologne Cathedral, with some filtering applied.
It is Germany's most visited landmark, attracting an average of 20,000 people a day and currently the tallest twin-spired church at 515 ft tall.
Construction of Cologne Cathedral began in 1248 but was halted in 1473, unfinished. Work did not restart until the 1840s, and the edifice was completed to its original Medieval plan in 1880. The cathedral is the largest Gothic church in Northern Europe and has the second-tallest spires. The towers for its two huge spires give the cathedral the largest façade of any church in the world. The choir has the largest height to width ratio of any medieval church.
Colognes medieval builders had planned a grand structure to house the reliquary of the Three Kings and fit its role as a place of worship for the Holy Roman Emperor.
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April 29th, 2019
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